On the nose

A long but excellent article from Digby today on the culture wars by way of a series of telling examples. He makes a bunch of good points along the way, but probably the take-home message for anybody who wants to push the pendulum the other way is this:

It's just this simple: The Republican party wants to tell you how to live your personal life while they systematically remove all government cooperation in ameliorating the risks this fast paced world creates. The Democrats want the government to leave you to make your own personal decisions while having it help you mitigate the social and economic risk our fast paced world creates. It is a stark choice. There is no reason we cannot begin to make the affirmative case for ourselves on this basis.

Make the time to read the entire piece.